- Date
- July 20, 1986, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Plano, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N83847Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860720047009A
- Case key
- 22061
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot tried twice to rotate the aircraft before it lifted off at approximately 800 feet down the runway. At 100 feet above the ground, the aircraft started veering to the west side of the runway in a nose high attitude, stalled and nosed down impacting the ground. Prior to the flight a witness observed two heavy set men (aprx 250 lbs. Each) enter the aircraft. The gross weight of the aircraft is 1220 lbs. Empty weight is 800 lbs. Combined weight of both fuel and oil is aprx 108 lbs. Total weight of the aircraft at takeoff was aprx 1,408 lbs., or 188 lbs. Over gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83847
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-2528
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe Floyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986
- Airport
- F26 · Plano, runway 16, 3,100 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 760 total · 140 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.